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All the things I paint, print, and sketch, usually showing places I’d rather be. - Sara Delaney www.delaneygroup.com insta: @sketchy.artventures

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So many sgraffito patterns in Segovia… . #esgraffito #architecture #travelsketchbook #watercolor #españa

Travel sketchbook with “esgrafiado Segoviano” handwritten on it and 8 square blocks arranged on the page. The blocks contain watercolor paintings of various patterns found on the exterior walls of old buildings in Segovia, Spain. The 8 patterns are based on the following shapes: concentric circles; flowers; parallel and perpendicular wavy lines; fleur-de-lis; interlocked circles; pin wheels; flowers surrounded by curved lines; and diamonds with crosses and French curves.

Photograph of an exterior wall, window, and balcony. The wall is covered in a repeating, intricate sgraffito pattern using flowers, crosses, and oval shapes.

Close-up photograph of a building’s exterior wall with a sgraffito pattern using a fleur-de-lis style shape.

Close-up photograph of an intricate sgraffito pattern using diamonds and flower shapes. Photo was taken in Segovia, Spain.

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

August’s lunar eclipse in Segovia, plus some of the camera set-ups and eclipse glasses around me. . #eclipse #spain #sketchbook #landscape #alcazar

Page from a sketchbook with four small watercolor paintings. Each shows Segovia’s Alcazar on the left-hand side and the sun on the top right, with fields in the background. Clockwise, the paintings depict the landscape in daylight at 7:40pm, a warm golden atmosphere at 8:04pm, a strongly golden scene at 8:23pm, and finally a night scene with the black, eclipsed sun at 8:32pm.

Sketchbook page with many small watercolors of many cameras on tripods, one with an umbrella on top, a DSL camera with a strap, and eclipse sunglasses in various positions and colors.

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Tinto de verano, vermouth, and the last horchata stand in Madrid. . #watercolorsketch #tintodeverano #travelsketchbook #spain #arte

Sketchbook page with watercolor illustrations of various cocktails, a horchata stand, and a mini mart in Madrid.

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sketches from a Barcelona-Madrid train ride and lazy afternoons at the hotel pool. . #madridart #spanishlandscape #travelsketchbook #urbansketch #watercolor

Watercolor sketches showing the landscape views from a train, plus a sketch of wine and a bag of chips.

Sketchbook watercolors showing a cluster of tile rooftops, a pool and life preserver, and a landscape with a row of windmills.

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#sketchbook #barcelona #art

A travel sketchbook contains watercolor paintings of Casa Batlló’s exterior, windows, mosaics, and doorway.

Watercolor sketches depict vermouth and wine drinks, Sagrada Familía, a pigeon standing on a statue, and a music event, Fritanga.

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A little summer travel, sketching food markets and Sagrada Família. #spain #art #sketchbook

A page from a watercolor sketchbook shows the sign for a food market in Barcelona, plus ham, fish, octopus, dried fruit, and bottles of salt.

A sketchbook includes a watercolor painting of the Sagrada Família church plus details of windows and fruit sculptures atop its spires.

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

April 11th is the last day to register to bid in the 2026 MassArt Silent Auction! Bid high and bid often! Lobster Dinner OEV6, white line print, 2025 Auction artwork available on Bidsquare: www.tinyurl.com/lobster26 #massartauction #printmaking #lobster #interiordesign #marketbasket

Artwork showing a pile of live lobsters inside a plastic Market Basket grocery bag

Framed art pieces on the gallery wall at the MassArt auction

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Another hand-colored print from the lobster woodcut, this time using deep blues and greens. I can’t believe I waited so long to try out other color combos on this design. #lobsters #art #newengland #printmaking #womeninart #woodcut #whitelineprint

Woodcut print depicting a pile of lobsters wearing elastics on their claws

Photo of artwork in progress: paper attached to a woodcut, paint brushes, and a palette of ink

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Playing with variations and white line printmaking on an older carved block. Photo 1: Lobster Dinner OEV#5, ink on paper, 7x9 in 2: work in process 3: Lobster Dinner OEV#1, 2019 #womeninprint #woodcut @marketbasket.bsky.social #whitelineprint #lobsters #newengland #printmaking #art #massartalum

Artwork on paper depicting live lobsters inside a Market Basket grocery bag

Photo showing the process of printing from a woodblock onto paper

Printed artwork on paper of several boiled, red lobsters.

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Another view of the chateau in southern France. Oil on paper, 4x4 inches.

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Sometimes in winter, I dig through old photos and paint memories of summer. . View into the courtyard at Chateau de la Napoule, France. Oil on paper, 4x4 inches.

A small oil painting shows part of a castle on a sunny day, with the sea, a jetty, and numerous anchored sailboats beyond it.

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Windows reflected in windows, Berlin, Germany. . #blueskyartshow #windows #photography #travelphotography

An abstracted photograph of a building reflected in another building’s windows.

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Another underwater view from Mexico. Oil on panel, 7x5 inches. . #seascape #oilpainting #scape #smallart #aqua #fishart #oceanpainting

Small oil painting of an underwater view with striped fish

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Snorkeling with the fishies near Cancún. Oil panel, 5x7 inches . #seascape #oilpainting #smallart #artshare #travelart #peurtoaventura #scapes #underwaterart #arte

Oil painting of an underwater view, showing coral, striped fish, and waves

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Sketchy artventures @sketchyartventures.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I spent a little time playing with acrylic gouache on paper and staring at tulips. Spring can’t come soon enough. #floralpainting #gouache #stilllife #tulips #art #newengland

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